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IN-GRADE
RETENTION
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In-Grade Retention
- Links
to multiple sites about retention
- Social
Promotion is Bad; Repeating a Grade May Be
Worse
- Taking
Responsibility for Ending Social Promotion: A Guide for State and
Local Leaders, From US
Dept of Education
- When
Retention Is Recommended, What Should Parents
Do?
- Should
My Child Repeat a Grade?
Advice for
families
- Grade
Retention and Promotion,
ERIC Clearinghouse
article
- Hooray
for failure, An editorial
from the Seattle Times
- GRADE
RETENTION: PERCENTAGE OF CURRENT SECOND GRADERS WHO WERE RETAINED
IN KINDERGARTEN AND/OR FIRST
GRADE, Data on children
who are retained
- National
Association of School Psychologists Says Social Promotion and
Retention Are Failed
Practices, From National
Association of School Psychologists
- Position
Statement on Student Grade Retention and Social
Promotion, Also from
National Association of School Psychologists
- RECENT
GRADE RETENTION RESEARCH AND
EXPERIENCE, ERIC
Clearinghouse on Urban Education exhaustive list of abstracts and
info on ordering details of research.
- Resolution
on the Issues of Social Promotion and Grade
Retention, From the
International Reading Association
- Social
Promotion and Grade
Retention, From CTEST
(Consortium for Equity in Standards and Testing)
- Debate:
Can Retention Be Good For a
Student? NEA site where
'experts' express opposing opinions
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